Shlohmo

I have been recently really into this low end beat producer Shlohmo. It sounds a little dub-ier with more hisses and pops than flying lotus.
You can get a free mixtape he did for XLR8R magazine herr.
Also check out some videos below. I don't know why the images are of a video game and the khia remix has a lame photo background.

Caribou x Video Marsh

In finding the Caribou video below, I found other awesome videos done by the same crew: video marsh. Beautiful again:

Caribou - Irene from Video Marsh on Vimeo.

Caribou "Jamelia"

From one of my favorite albums last year:

Caribou - Jamelia from Video Marsh on Vimeo.

The video starts great... then there is a murder?

Vhils

Instead of his traditional chipping and peeling away at old surfaces to create works, Vhils is now using explosives. The output looks the same, which is great, but the process may be a little more satisfying.

France

OFWGKTA

Los Angeles

Some recent art out here on the west coast.

None by Los Angelenos though.

Come & Get It

Travis Barker Ft. The Clipse - Come and Get It from DanTheMan on Vimeo.

Star Slinger

From one of my recent favorites:

Star Slinger - Mornin' Directed by Alan Jensen from Star Slinger on Vimeo.

For the 1000th time on the internet today

Jamaica

French band Jamaica released their first album this week. Check out one of the new songs:

JAMAICA - 'Short and Entertaining' VIDEO from bermudapants on Vimeo.

Also you can check them on tour:
02-18 Mons, Belgium - Lotto Mons Expo
02-19 Hamburg, Germany - Mondial Club at Indra
02-21 Berlin, Germany - Lido
02-22 Dresden, Germany - Beatpol
02-23 Frankfurt, Germany - Nachtleben
02-24 Erlangen, Germany - E-Werk
02-25 Salzburg, Austria - Rockhouse Bar
02-26 Vienna, Austria - Flex Club
03-04 Lausanne, Switzerland - Les Docks
04-06 Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
04-07 Lyon, France - Salle Du Kao
04-09 Marmande, France - Garorock Festival
04-13 Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall
04-14 New York, NY - Knitting Factory
04-15 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
04-17 Allston, MA - Great Scott
04-18 Montreal, Quebec - Le Belmont
04-19 Toronto, Ontario - The Drake Hotel
04-21 Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern
04-22 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
04-23 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
04-26 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
04-28 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
04-29 Seattle, WA - Neumos
04-30 Vancouver, British Columbia - Fortune Sound Cluba

More free music

Houston screw musician OG Ron C has remixed Kanye's latest album. He has cleverly named it "MY BEAUTIFAL TWISTED DARK HOUSTON FANTASY". I was pleasently surprised by it, I would maybe even rather listen to it over the original.

Out of the box I approved of Kanye's album, but did not feel it deserved to be on any top-ten album lists of 2010, that it so frequently appeared on (even NPR and Pitchfork). I personally felt Big Boi's album was much better for a commercial rap album. Anyways. Back to OG Ron C. Maybe I liked Ron C's version better because of my current Salem funk, who knows.

The one draw back is that Ron C is constantly talking in the background, mentioning his website ChopNotSlop.com. If you can delete these interludes immediately you will enjoy it much more. I guess if you put out a free album you have to get something out of it. But saying "Chop Not Slop" over 50 times might be a little overboard.
I am not saying that OG Ron C is a better artist than Kanye. Definitely not. It reminds me of Peter Jackson and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. In no way did Jackson develop those characters or write the amazing story line. He just took the parts he liked and envisioned them his way.

So in the end take it for what it is, and remember... it was free.
Download it here from Ron's site.

We're New Here

Next to the news about the release of the new Radiohead album today I read the amazing fact that you can stream the new album from Jamie Smith, or Jamie xx, producer for the xx remixing Gil Scott-Heron's latest album "I'm New Here" plus some older tracks. I have posted some songs earlier and I have been really waiting for this album. It is to be released Feb. 22nd. You can here the stream over at the Guardian website. Enjoy.

Cut Copy dj set

Cut Copy has released a free dj set, "A Tal of Two Journeys" in celebration of their new album Zonoscope. You can download it here from the Modular website. Or if you are too late you can hear it right here.
A Tale of Two Journeys (Mixtape) by cutcopymusic

Don't get caught slippin'

Santa Ana, the home of crime stoppers:

Loves me my free mixtapes

Toro y Moi has the video two posts down. If you like Neon Indian or even the new Caribou album I think you might like Toro too. Well Toro y Moi or it's brains Chaz Bundick has put together a free mix for the magazine Fact. You can get it here.

Fatih 47

Faith47 from The Ginkgo Agency on Vimeo.

Toro y Moi

Self inflicted dance fog. Watch Out!

Prefuse 73

One of my absolute favorite artists.

"The live front has seen Herren undertake several major tours in the last year, including stretches with long-time friend The Gaslamp Killer, as well as Neon Indian, and most noteworthy, working with the Polish Ausko Orchestra - reinterpreting his own material for classical arrangement. This evidenced Herren’s move into modern compositional work, which brings us to The Only She Chapters – a body of music closer in spirit to esteemed modern compositional pieces, rather than a record built fundamentally around beats and loops. The vocals of a number of renowned female musicians have been woven into the album’s fabric, including Zola Jesus, Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond and the late Trish Keenan of Broadcast amongst others.

As well as these vocalists all offering their entirely distinct textures and incantations to the already unorthodox musical tapestry, the idea of the album-as-female symbol has extended to collaborators on the visual front, enlisting illustrator Yuko Michishita and photographer Angel Ceballos.

Says Guillermo
“This record is a weird one for me. The process features all women vocalists and voices and the music was recorded very differently from how I normally work.This can be seen as a departure from other albums but it's not a departure intended to leave people feeling alienated or baffled. It's just a different way to interpret my music and it's an open invitation for anyone that wants to listen.”

Guillermo plays with Oneohtrix Point Never on a run of shows to be announced shortly. (Note: these are not Prefuse 73 shows)."
-WARP Records


You can hear a sample of the album here:
Prefuse 73 'The Only She Chapters' Album Sampler by Warp Records

Artist Roa goes to Mexico

Anika

This album was produced by Geoff Barrow of Portishead:

Arrested Development action figures

These are by Kyle Hilton and are pretty damn cool.

Salem Tour North America

Even though I have heard about some sketchy performances, I think I am still going to go see them.
03-15 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
03-16 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
03-17 Toronto, ON - Wrongbar
03-18 Montreal, QC - Le Gymnase
03-19 New York, NY - Santos Party House
03-20 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
03-21 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brendas
03-28 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
03-29 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
03-30 San Francisco, CA - 103 Harriet
04-01 Portland, OR - Branx

Conor Harrington

Crossing Lines from Andrew Telling on Vimeo.